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Pet a pooch, get a lick, smell a dog

The Smell of Wet Dog: And Other Dog Poems and Drawings by Barney Saltzberg

June 14, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Who likes the smell of wet dogs? Well, probably there are a few diehard canine lovers, but most of us? Nope. And that includes the narrator in the poem of the same named poem as the title of this collection, The Smell of Wet Dog: And Other Dog Poems and Drawings by Barney Saltzberg. But that does not mean there are not things they do love. And we see the things that are good (and other bad things) in the poems included in this due […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: animals, Barney Saltzberg, dogs, Emotions & Feelings, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:282 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: animals, Barney Saltzberg, dogs, Emotions & Feelings, Social Themes ·
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I regret nothing with the first book!

Farty Pants: A Stinky Book of Monsters by Eric Geron

Huck and Loona by Emily Kilgore

June 13, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Books should be fun, but they can also be educational. Of course, if they are both you have the best of all worlds and memorable stories.  Farty Pants: A Stinky Book of Monsters by the team of Eric Geron and Dean Gray (illustrations) who are a gas (I mean to read with, not you know are gassy…then again…)  It is currently available but I read via an online reader copy. Thankfully we haven’t gotten to “smell-o-book” yet, though there were sound buttons (that I was […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: animals, Dean Gray, Emily Kilgore, emotions, Eric Geron, Feelings, Florence Weiser, friendship, science and nature, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:279 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: animals, Dean Gray, Emily Kilgore, emotions, Eric Geron, Feelings, Florence Weiser, friendship, science and nature, Social Themes ·
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Tragically beautiful

The Naked Tree by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

June 13, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Naked Tree by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim and Janet Hong is a graphic novel adaptation of Pak Wan-Suh’s novel of the same name. I had no idea what the book was about, but the image of the cover of a young girl, with a wind-up key in her back was enticing. It also was as bit distributing. It gave me a feeling I knew what the book was going to be about, but when I was finally able to find a copy, it turned out […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: 1950s, family, friendship, Janet Hong, Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, korea, Korean War, Park Wan-Suh, war

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:277 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: 1950s, family, friendship, Janet Hong, Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, korea, Korean War, Park Wan-Suh, war ·
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Worth it for the illustrations alone, but there is SO MUCH more here.

This Book Will Make You Kinder: An Empathy Handbook by Henry James Garrett

June 11, 2024 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

Embarking on reading This Book Will Make You Kinder I knew extraordinarily little. I could not say I was familiar with its author and illustrator, Henry James Garrett although his visual work is what he is most known for. I had spotted ASKReview’s review (which must be how it ended up on my to read list), but that was pretty much it. But at some point this winter, I plunked it on my library requests list without too much thought other than, I could, in […]

Filed Under: Featured, Non-Fiction Tagged With: empathy, Ethics, Henry James Garrett, kindness, This Book Will Make You Kinder

faintingviolet's CBR16 Review No:16 · Genres: Featured, Non-Fiction · Tags: empathy, Ethics, Henry James Garrett, kindness, This Book Will Make You Kinder ·
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Because misogyny has a thousand words for “unhinged bitch” but not a single one for “multiple female orgasm”

If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury by Geraldine DeRuiter

June 9, 2024 by carmelpie 10 Comments

I thought it appropriate that, on the day of my Cannonball, I declare that I have a new hero: Geraldine DeRuiter. In 2019, she won the James Beard Foundation Award, in the category of Personal Essay Long Form, for her Everywhereist.com blog post titled “I Made the Pizza Cinnamon Rolls From Mario Batali’s Sexual Misconduct Apology Letter.” This is not why she is my hero. However, if you read this book you may understand why her story resonated with me. If You Can’t Take the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 90s kid, culinary, diet culture, feminism, first-generation American, Florida, Geraldine DeRuiter, james beard award winner, misogyny

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:52 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: 90s kid, culinary, diet culture, feminism, first-generation American, Florida, Geraldine DeRuiter, james beard award winner, misogyny ·
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“A peace based on injustice is a treacherous sleep whose waking is death. Your honor lies in waking out of it.”

The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore

June 6, 2024 by narfna Leave a Comment

This book was infuriating, but very interesting. If you’re looking to rage-out at the patriarchy, The Woman They Could Not Silence will certainly do the trick. But also, because Elizabeth Packard was a badass who changed things for thousands of people in her lifetime and many more into the future, you get a happyish ending as well to lift you back from your cleansing rage. Elizabeth Packard was committed to an asylum in the 1860s by her husband; because he said she was insane, she was […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #biography, #history, Elizabeth Packard, feminism, Kate Moore, Mental Health, narfna, non fiction, The Woman They Could Not Silence

narfna's CBR16 Review No:24 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #biography, #history, Elizabeth Packard, feminism, Kate Moore, Mental Health, narfna, non fiction, The Woman They Could Not Silence ·
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